bitter smile; wry smile; strained laugh; sarcastic laugh
direction; way; person; lady; method of; manner of; care of ...
bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive
holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)
daily routine; daily work; daily lesson
special training; intensive training; crash course
terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific
fast-talking; rapid talking
to rain incessantly; to downpour
falling rocks; fallen rocks
killer technique; surefire assassination method; special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style
to work out; to think out; to devise; to invent
such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of
futon; Japanese bedding consisting of a mattress and a duvet; round cushion used for Zen meditation (traditionally made of woven bulrush leaves)
to make a vow; to take an oath
modesty; humility; being humble
tummy; tumtum; bang-bang; pop-pop; without reservation; unreservedly
to ward off; to brush away; to fling off; to drive away
bad feeling; feeling bad; disagreeable; unpleasant; revolting; gross
just right (time, size, length, etc.)
to fall (over, down); to collapse; to be destroyed (in a collapse); to collapse; to be confined to bed (with an illness); to come down with; to die
calm; quiet; gentle; moderate; reasonable; amicable
revival (e.g. musical); come-back; restoration; rebirth; resurrection
in turns; in series; in number order; by rotation
close (e.g. friend); familiar; familiar (e.g. story); well-known (to one); close (relatives); closely related
manner of speaking; verbal argument; objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee); rumor; rumour
being at sea; losing one's bearings; (arch.) disorientation upon waking at night; (arch.) forgetting which house or room to enter
oh my god!; oh my gosh!; you got me!; wow!
the front; honesty; uprightness; decency; normality
to deceive; to falsify; to dodge; to beg the question (issue, difficulties); to varnish over; to gloss over
corresponding to (in meaning, function, etc.); being equivalent to; appropriate; suitable; to be proportionate to; to be in keeping with
mutually; with each other; reciprocally; together; both
wrapping (something) in a bamboo mat; wrapping someone in a bamboo mat and throwing them into a river (unofficial Edo-period punishment)
to make out to be; to set someone up (as); to prepare (e.g. someone for a role); to make (e.g. "a man out of him"); to frame
crevice; crack; spare moment; interval; chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness
with a rustling sound; (rummaging) around